The archaeological site of Mozia, a small island in front of the western coast of Sicily (Italy), is one of the
most important Phoenician–Punic settlements in the Mediterranean; it preserves important vestiges and
remains, located in an uncontaminated site, inhabited and car-free. The remains are still partially hidden
under vegetation and vineyards.
A combined survey including magnetic, active electromagnetic and ground-penetrating radar was applied
on a vast area in the north-western part of the island. The integration of different datasets of non invasive
geophysical methods discloses a complex system of underground structures whose layout is related to
walls and roads, residential units, and paved inner courts. Wavelet analysis, applied to the active electromagnetic
survey, aided to improve the visibility of the resulting archaeological features. The data provided
further evidences for a dense, still hidden, urbanization of the island at the time of the Phoenician–Punic
occupation (8th–7th century BC to 397 BC).